Women in Recovery Group
The women’s group meet every Wednesday from 11.30am to 1pm. The group engage in group process as well as a number of holistic activities such as Tai chi, sound-bath meditation, wellbeing workshops, holistic treatments and respite.
The Women’s group constituted 75 hours in 2019. The group has taken part in drama productions with the “Complex theatre” in the local area. This has led to the complex theatre setting up a drama group for women (funding gained for this with the support of the Snug). The group has also taken part in Dublin City Council’s Cultural events which lead to the women’s group participating along with a number of groups in the Dublin 1 and 7 areas in relation to writing the book, “Around the Table”.
The participants in the group also have annual events such as a respite weekends and in 2019 they visited the Cavan centre and took part in activities including archery, zip lining, wall climbing, meditation and walks. Two of the participants delivered a workshop in relation to social media awareness and time management.
The Snug Counselling Service’s women’s group plans to continue supporting women in recovery in the area and hopes to develop this. The input of the women is very important, they give their views on what activities have helped them throughout the year, what they would hope to continue and suggestions they may have for future activities.
The group is facilitated by Síle Leech